When David Merriman Bell was born about 1792, in Maryland, United States, his father, Nathaniel Johnathan Davage Bell, was 44 and his mother, Mary Carlyle, was 46. He married Lydia Kyle on 17 December 1828, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 1 February 1850, in Jay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Albany, Delaware Township, Delaware, Indiana, United States.
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Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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